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Quote by Herman Melville
He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say

He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. – Herman Melville

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Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. – Herman Melville

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The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head – Herman Melville

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Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing ones mind. – W. Somerset Maugham

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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. – Simone de Beauvoir

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Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what youre going to be thinking tomorrow. – Glen Beaman

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